Archive for November 2010

A couple of years ago, there seemed to be a foodie trend in which restaurants were serving cuts of meat that went way beyond the usual prime rib or pork chop. All of a sudden, bone marrow was turning up on tons of local menus, and a hot eatery called Incanto got a lot of […]

A couple of months ago, I was heating up some frozen bread in the oven. It had a window in the front and when I glanced over I saw sparks flying. Naturally, I immediately turned off the oven. It turns out the heating element had broken. Well, how difficult could that be to fix? I […]

On today’s “Talk of the Nation”: Fat Traveler Prepares For “Plus-Sized Ordeal” “If you’re fat, travel can be physically uncomfortable, expensive, embarrassing, even humiliating–at least as Rob Goldstone described it in The New York Times. Try squeezing through the metal detector, navigating transit turnstiles and enduring jibes and cruel stares.” A letter in response to […]

Joe’s birthday request was simple: he wanted to have dinner at the House of Prime Rib in San Francisco. The HOPR has been around for over 50 years, and they are wildly successful for one reason only. They have the best meat in town. Prime rib. That’s what they serve. The menu really only exists […]